Robert Randolph Carter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1825
Place of Birth: Shirley Plantation, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 08-Mar-1888
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Robert Randolph Carter
- Robert Randolph Carter (September 15, 1825 – March 8, 1888) was an American naval officer that would later come to be known for a journal he kept while unsuccessfully searching for the Franklin expedition.
- This journal was later posthumously published by the Naval Institute Press as Searching for the Franklin Expedition: The Arctic Journal of Robert Randolph Carter in May 1998 and won the 1998 John Lyman Book Award for Primary Source Materials, Reference Works, and Guide Books.
- He was a member of the Carter family of Virginia, which was descended from Robert "King" Carter.
- Carter married Louise Humphreys on January 6, 1852 and had two children with her.
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